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LZMAINFO(1)			    XZ Utils			     LZMAINFO(1)

NAME
     lzmainfo - show infomation stored in the .lzma file header

SYNOPSIS
     lzmainfo [--help] [--version] [file]...

DESCRIPTION
     lzmainfo  shows  information  stored in the .lzma file header. It reads the
     first 13 bytes from the specified file, decodes the header, and  prints  it
     to  standard output in human readable format. If no files are given or file
     is -, standard input is read.

     Usually the most interesting information is the uncompressed size	and  the
     dictionary  size. Uncompressed size can be shown only if the file is in the
     non-streamed .lzma format variant. The amount of memory required to  decom-
     press the file is a few dozen kilobytes plus the dictionary size.

     lzmainfo  is included in XZ Utils primarily for backward compatibility with
     LZMA Utils.

EXIT STATUS
     0	    All is good.

     1	    An error occurred.

BUGS
     lzmainfo uses MB while the correct suffix would be MiB (2^20 bytes).   This
     is to keep the output compatible with LZMA Utils.

SEE ALSO
     xz(1)

Tukaani 			   2009-08-13			     LZMAINFO(1)

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